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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13

South End gentleman who was once
in the drug business happened into n
drug store on Sunday lately and was sal
uted by the apothecory who knew him
well, with the remarks
lyon are just the man ! want TO see.
have got to 60 out a little while and
want somebody 10 look after the store
who knows something about drugs while
I'm gone"
The gentleman consented TO remain.
The druggist tol6 the prices of several
leading articles and went out. He was
gone three hours. When he returned he
said TO his substitute,
Sorry | left you so long but ] could
not get back. Didn't you have any
troubleY"
Not bit,' said the amateur drug
gist.
what did you SELF" said the opotho-
cary.
"Seven bottles Of whisky, three bottles
of wine and fifteen cigars
didn't anybody call for any drugs,
ehYr
"Not drug
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
10 rreyent Lamn Accldents

Both in constructing lamp and in the
care of it the following rules are worth
knowing, for choosing in the first place,
and for keeping in good order.
/. That portion of the wick which is
in the oil reservoir should be inolosed in
d tube of thin sheet metal, open at the
bottom or in cylinder of fine wire
gauze, such as is used in miners safety
lamps (twenty- meshes 20 every
inch).
,. The oil res eryoir should be made of
metal rather than of china or of glass.
3. The oil reservoir should have no
feeding place nor opening other than the
opening into which the upper part of
the lamp is screwed.
4, Every lamp should have proper
extinguishing apparatus
5, Every lamp should have n broad
and heavy base
G, Wicks should be soft and not tight
ly plated, Wicks should be dipped in
vinegar and dried at the fire before be
ing put into the lamp. Wicks should be
only just long enough to reach the bot
tom of the oil reservoir. Wicks should
be so wide that they quite fill the wick
holder without having to be squeezed in
to it. Wicks should be soaked with oil
every time before using the lamp.
Z. The lamp should be kept Thoroughly
clean, all oil should be carefully wiped
off, and all charred wick and dirt rubbed
off with twisted lamp-lighter or other
stiff piece of paper before Lighting.
8. When the lamp is lit the wick
should be first turned down and then
slowly raised,
.. Lamps which have no extinguish
ing apparatus should be Fut out as fol
lows; The wick should be turned down
until there is only a small pickering flame
and a sharp puff of breath should ther
be sent across the top Of the chimney, but
not down it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
NOTED rERSoNAGEs.

Henry Nj. Stanley will receive the free
dom of the city of London Jan 10.
William X. and Cornelius Vanderbilt,
have each given $1,000 to the Logan
fund
Henry George will issue the first mum
Der of his paper, The Standard this
week.
Arch. Deacon Farrar says that Gin In
dia the English have made 100 drunkards
for one Christian"
Postmaster Corse of Boston, is arrang-
ing TO give the people of that city bottor
mail facilities, aud every hour deliveries.
Sam Jones expects to begin telling
Boston of her wickodness next Sunday.
He will not be able TO complete the
schedule this year.
General Lew Wallace's "Ben Iiurh has
been translated by Catholic priest at
Lafayette, Ind, and will soon be published
IN German
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13

avenue, west of jefferson and signed an
iron-clad lease for year. It's the allh-
fedest lease you ever saw, as il gives her
the privilege to drop in as often as she
pleases, TO see if everything is all right.
Wen, that woman is always dropping in.
She lives on the West side, between Lin
dell and Bell avenues, but that makes no
difference. Cold, or rain, or mud or thun-
der and lightning don't keep her from
dropping in. The other day she went
right into his parlor, got down on her
knees and struck match TO see if the
carpet was worn any, and that carpet is
four years cid Then she rearranged the
furniture, and said il must be left as she
fixed it, because she used TO keep it that
way She gave the hired girl instructions
how to run the furnace told her to sweep
of the steps, told the tenants that they
were using the parlor too much, and sug
gested that they take the hired girls
room for common sitting-goom, and
capped the climax by sending a woman
down to cover all the furniture with cheap
cretonne. Most of the furniture she
bought when she first furnished the house
eight years ago. There are three houses
in the block. The other two rent for $35
and my friend pays S55-S20 a month
for the use OF some furniture. But he is
going to fix her"
How can he do it?'
Move out and sublet the house for $25
to man with eight childred, Then she
will abrogate the lease"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
He Was Not Surprised.
Detroit Free Press

Recently Judge L, of W, Ind,
was engaged in case IL court where the
will of one W was being contested,
upon the ground that the maker of the
will was of unsound mind when he caused
the instrument to be executed, Judge
4 being for the defense, and Judge
G. for the plaintiff
One Mr.. T was put on the witness
stand to prove that Mr.. W was not in
his right mind when or before the will
was made and Judge C questioned
him.
Judge G.-What is your name?
Answer-William T.
Judge G.-You reside in W, Ind.
Judge G.-What's your business or oc-
oupation.
Answer-A speculator, ami practice
law little.
Judge G.-Now tell the court if you
knew Mr.. W and when you last saw
him in life before his will.
Answer have known Mr.. W init
mately for years, and had much dealing
with him. / last saw him in life about
ten days before date of of the will at his
country home, and talked with him full
two hours. At first he appeared rational
that his mind wandered
Judge G. Ito Judge Z.l-You can take
ths witness.
Judge z. Ito witness You say your
name is William T, that you reside
here in W, that you are Spectator
and practice law littlef
Answer have, sir.
Judge And you saw Mr.. W
abcIC ten days before his death, talked
two hours with him, and at frst he was
rational, but before you left Mr.. VS.
mind appeared to wander:
Answer r Yes. sir; it so appeared to
me.
Judge THAT is, after You had talk
TO him two hours his mind wandered?
Answer-Yes; | so said.
Judge 4. Ito court I'm not surprised
at lt-not surprised at 1t at all your
honor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.


English ladies are bringing ont the
circular cloak again.
One New York club had wine Lill dur
ing 1886 of $4,000.
There will now be- fashionable exc
dus for the Florida resorts.
Fashionable note paper must have the
address stamped upon it.
Over in England pendant balls of fur
are called "Chicago beans"
Diamond buttons for black velvet cos
tunes are now voted common"
General Lew Wallace is receiving many
social attentions IN Boston.
1t is now the thing to have photo
graphs taken in toboggan costume.
Mrs. James Brown Potter's book is
literary and social disappointment.
silk crepe with a coarse orinkle is used
by the Older people for ball gowns.
Canes of California red wood are
novelty, and have oddly carved handles.
Wall paper is so beautiful and artistic
now as to be easily mistaken for fresco.
Mean Man.
Philadelphia Evening Call
Old Billy W. was one of the richest mec
who lived some fifteen years ago in that
part of West Philadelphia called Mantua,
and one of the meanest men who ever
drew breath. One day he took Ian
caster avenue car for the city, carrying
in his hand basket OF superb white
grapes, raised in his own green house.
Old Billy W. sat in one corner of the car,
and poor mother with a sickly child in
her lap sat in the corner opposite. The
child looked at the grapes wistfully as he
car rolled on square after square. At
last the old man in tone of rasping
curiosity, asked the child whore she was
going,
"To the park, sir, to see the grass and
the BIRDS
"Do you like grapesW
Yes, sir and the pale face frightened
up as the child nalf 1859 from her moth
er's lap.
The old man lifted up his basket of
luscious fruit, and, plucking one grape
from n gigantic bunch, gave IT TO the
child.
The rest of the passengers said moth
ing, but the way they looked at the old
man would have split a stone post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
He Admired the Town
Washington Critic.

A party of gentlemen from Washing
ton, including n Missouri congressman,
went TO New York the other day to SEQ
the city and haye q good time. They had
IL, and the Congressman was filed with
admiration and and other things OF the
metropolis.
"This is u HI of camp, amt i'll" he
exclaimed in his exuberance.
Rather" was the reply.
ayes Stree" he went on, you cnn just
bet your sweet life that New York is the
Kansas City Of the east, aud no discount,N
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
Nota Monopolist
Detroit Free Prees

Bub, what does your father do" in
quired a farmer of lad who "caueh t a
bob" on his sleigh
" On the railroad was the reply.
Then you git of or III lay the whip
on youl Railroads are blamed monopo-
Olinw
" Rut my fathers brakeman. and he's
Just had his pay reduced 10 per cent"
" Oh, well, that alters the case, and you
may stick. I've just lost bag Of oats
off the sleigh and ! can sympathize with
him"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
German Nelhoa. d IndnstrIaI AT

The Kunst Gewerby School, in stutt-
gardt, deserves special notice. The work
done here Is the highest development OF
the influence OF art upon materials: it Is
the chief school of teachers of art for
the whole country. 1t is conducted by
professors OF great ability. They are
men WAC cannot only teach, but practice
applied art in It's highest forms. Some
q them are practical designers, and they
do a great deal of outside professional
work in augmentation of the very mod
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13


Merchant Ito applicant for job Do
you know anything about figures, Uncle
Rastusl
Uncle Rastus Yes, sab.
M.--Well, IL / we're to lend you 50 and
your promised to pay me 81 each month,
how much would you be owing me at the
end Of three monthsY
u. RFi' dollars, sab.
MIN afraid you don't know much
about figures.
u. r. No, sab; but specs knows all
bout Uncle Rastus
Tonmys Practical Suggestion
Texas Slftnss.
Didn't you spill the ink on the new
sofaY" asked Mrs. Yerger, angrily Of her
little son Tommy.
''Yes ma, was the reply.
"Well, | have notion to tell your
father when he comes home, and have
him whip you within an inch of your life.
That sofa will look nice when We have
company"
THAT ink spot don't amount 10 any
thing, you can sit on il wnen your yisi-
tors call"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
.Iellnn, Wa Jealous.

Mr.. Lighthead, said Johnny my sis
ter treats you bviterA she does me"
Does she. Johnny" asAed Lighthead.
with laugh. why do .ou think 80.
-Well. | heard her tell ma she gave you
lots OF tafy, hut she never gives me any"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
only side Dish

~Wm you please give me twenty five or
fifty cents to buy bread With" he vailed
I'm staryin'.'
Cant you buy loaf Of bread for less
than twenty-five or fifty cents
Yes; but do you think man can D'ake
a dinner on bread only. It's nothiH' but
q, aida dfah
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
Consumed a Pony
Peoria Trsnshaript

do you know remarked Boggs TO
snoggs, shat they consume horses in
FranceH
snoggs who is petriotic) We can do
anything in this country they can do in
France.
an bet you the drinks says Boggs,
@that you won't dare do anything Of the
kind"
Done, says Snoggs.
Five minutes later at q popular bar
Boggs, 10 the barkeeper: I'VE have @
bet on these drinks. The man who loses
will pay. What will you take, Snoggss"
snoggs with heroic air. Give me a
pony"
Boggs pulls out his purse, and thought
fully pays for the drinks, while snoggs
INDUCES in a horse laugh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
An Indiscreet Papa.

Mercy me, Nellie; what has
happenedf
Nellie-My heart is broken, Edith. l
shall never smile again, find music in the
song of birds. Or
ooh, it can't be. Has your engagement
with the count been broken"
Yes"
"Oh, what have you done TO him?
What happened"
Papa went and told him he had lost
every cent of money
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13
Dangerous to Life.

A fat woman entered crowded street
car, and Selling a strap, stood on gen
tleman's toes. As soon as ne could extri-
cate himself he arose aid offered her his
seat.
you are very kind, sir" she said.
Not at all, madam" he replied; Its
not kineness. it's self defense"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13

Joseph Tosso, a well known yiolinist
and composer of the melody called "The
Arkansaw Traveller died Thursday at
Covington, Ky. aged 80.
III IL remarked that most Of the titled
foreigners now in New York are without
money.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13

Miss Mary Buttsr@orth, daughter Of the
Cincinnati congressman, was last winter
described az the prettieat girl in Wash
ington. This winter they call her the
wittiest girl at the capital
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20

" York SIM discovers n
|hrhot spells in the fact that
/ who have embraced the
|nigIon and changed clothing
fNcrsion' have, during the
| gone back to their heather
md the SUI thinks that
|Ns that faris commendablc,
Americans to adopt the
Olousc' and discard tho
ChriStian summer apparel.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
ing forth shrieks and cries sad enough to
unnprVa tho mop1iaat

ing forth shrieks and cries sad enough TO
unnerve the manifest.
Archie Croswell, Of Kankakee, was sit
ting with his wife and one child in one Of
the chair cars. The mother occupied the
half-seat at the end of the car and was
killed. The babe was thrown from her
arms over four seats aud into the lap of a
lady. The babe was uninJured, and the
father, who was frantcally searching for
1t after having discovered that his wife
had perished, finally found the babe asleep
on blanket under willow tree.
Death Disseminated in most puzzling
fashion, Several husbands were killed
while their wives, sitting by their sides,
escaped with slight bruises. George Furth
was forced through window and but
slightly hurt, while his brotherln-law, who
was sitting by his side, was killed. A pas
senger named Ogden, Of Graymont, this
State, was one of the three only survivors
among those in tho third coach into which
the fourth car telescoped He was sitting
on the wood-box at the time, and can re-
member nothing of what occurred.
Fully score of the ladies Of Chatsworth
volunteered their services and rapidly be-
came adept nurses under tho instructions
of the doctors, and administered medicine,
made bandagcs and famed the many vic
Tins. Among the saddest case was that Of
little boy named Frankly, whose mother
had been killed. The poor boy was suffer
ing from crushed leg, and amputation be-
came necessary. The operation was per-
formed at the house of Rev. Mr. Birch,
where the poor little fellow had been taken.
His full name was not known. His recov-
cry is doubtful. Strange TO say this is the
| only case of amputation necessary so far.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
HEMNIED In
By Indians and Deserted by a Part
of His Command.


DENVER, COL, Aug l6.-Sheriff Kendall
Das finally been heard from through Van
Cleef, the courier sent out by Adjutant-
General West. He found Kendall near
the Thornbur battle-ground, where he
had been deserted by part of his men,
leaving him only fifteen. His horses
are worn out with hard riding He sends
for reinfOrcements, and shows no signs Of
falling bacf. None of his men were killed
in this skirmish with the Utes, although
one had his horse shot from under
him. The settlers about Meckcr are
hooking in there in large numbers. The
ttes are reported coming from their res
ervation in large numbers, and messcn-
ger has been sent to Fort Duchesne for
cavalry. There are none but colored
troops there, for whom the Indians have
the utmost contempt General West is
urging the Governor to forward troops
at once, and one company of cavalry left
Denver tonight for Gypsum by rail
within twenty miles of Glenwood
Springs. Cavalry from Aspen, Colorado
Springs, Canon City and Leadvillc have
also been ordered to get to Glenwood
Springs as quickly as possible. These
troops have orders to assist the sheriff in
serving his warrants, but as the Indians
are inclined to resist this with force of
arms it is equivalent to declaration OF
war against Colorow's band Governor
Adams to-day telegraphed General Crook
n, n bn hat la gf, &c md
he urged that steps be taken by the War
Department to protect settlers, and arms
and ammunition were shipped in quantity
from here to-day for Mceker. Much appro.
hcnsion is felt for State Senator Eddy,
who is on his ranch in the disturbed dis
trict. Late adyices affirm the report of a
skrmish between Sheriff Kendall and the
Indians, in which four of the latter were
hit. One full company Of infantry will be
sent to Mcckcr at once to protect the
women and children, and their presence
will relieve tho settlers, who will doubt
less be enrolled as State troops and
reinforce the shcrifls party, Later
A Meeker dispatch tonight says: Sheriff
Kendall and seventeen men arrived
here safely tonight. The settlers and
cowboys continue to come in with theil
families. The Indians are divided into
three bands and arc attempting to ioir
forces. Colorow will have about two hun
dred bucks when the junction is effected
1t is reported that buck killed in thu
first skrmish was Colorow's son, and i
| is expected when the old man learns thi'
he will attempt a massacre. There arr
four hundred women and children her
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
WORSE THAN A DOG.
A Little Boy Gnaws His Baby Brothers
Body Until lie Almost Kills Him,

MEXICO, Mo, Aug. 14-Yesterday after
noon a colored woman named Ann Bran
stetter, domestic at the Windsor Hotel,
left her two children, one aged five years
and the other ten or twelve months old,
in charge of another colored woman, who
locked the children in small room and
went to the fair When the moth
er went to look after the chill
dren she found the little one in horrible
plight, the older having bitten and gnawed
his brother until parts Of his cntrails al
most protruded. The child was mutilated
in nearly hundred places, and looked as
though dog had been gnawing upon its
body. The child acknowledged to its
mother that he had done the deed, but
whether from hunger or yiciousncss is not
known. The little one was so badly injured
that it will probably die
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
THE FIRED CULVERT.
Negligence on the Part of Section
Hands
The Generally Accepted Cause of the
Chatsworth Calamity.

CHICAGO, Aug 14.-A Times special from
Champaign, H., says: J. o. Baker, presi-
dent of the Illinois Society Of Engineers,
and professor of civil engineering in the
University of Illinois, returned last night
from careful personal examination of the
engineering problems of the Chatsworth
disaster and an examination of the condi-
tion of the other bridges and culverts, and
protection from fire given those culverts
by road officials and track-hands. He says;
THE incendiary theory has no foundation
whatever am unable personally to find
any citizens Of Chatsworth who have seen
suspicious characters lettering about as
required by that theory. The flames of
the burning culvert were plainly seen
from Chatsworth at intervals for several
hours before the accident. From the lay
of the land they must have risen five or
six feet above the track to have been seen
so far. 1t is plain that an attempt had
been made to protect the bridges OF
the road from fire, but a personal
inspection of other culverts in that
vicinity shows that it was not done so as
to afford complete protection. A personal
inspection along the line Of the road for
several miles shows that grass and weeds
were not all burned off, but many patches
were left unburned, and in the immediate
| vicinity it was more carelessly done
| than elsewhere. The culvert itself was
Of the usual build and abundantly strong
to carry the train but for the fire which
destroyed the lower portlon.n He added
he thought it probable that the fire lef
| by the section men late in the after
noon, who by their own testimony admit
ted that there was burning grass only for
ty rods away was driven down to the cul
vert, when they left by slight change o
wind. Otherwise it is possible that spark
from the special train Of the superintend
ent of bridges, the last train before tn
fated excursion, kindled fire in the gras
near the culvert, burned slowly for lon
time and finally fired the culvert.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
A BOYS HEROiSM
Rescues Little Girl From browning at
the Risk of His Life.

CINc1NNATI, Aug. l5.-This afternoon as
the steamer Guiding Star was passing the
foot of Lawrence street, Dannie Wilcox,
aged seven, son of Dan Wilcox, the we'll
known boatman who has figured as a life
saver about the river, started out in a
small duck boat with 1'illic Rener, the
seven year-old daughter Of Joseph Rciner,
saloon-keeper at the corner OF Second
and Lawrence, for the purpose Of taking q
ride Little Danny has reputation along
the river Of being quite an expert oars
man for one Of his age, but from some
unaccountable means he lost control of
the boat and the high rolling waves
Of the Guiding Stars wheels upset the
skif, throwing the juvenile occupants in
the river. Little Danny recovered himself
almost Immediately and swan to the res
cue of the girl, whom he held by one arm
and with the other padded toward shore
where rope was thrown him, and by
means of it little 1illie was brought safely
to land. The little hero is the lion of the
hour in the Fifth Ward tonight Little
Tillie Reiner IS very pretty girl and q
great favorte in the ncighborhood il
which she lives, and many a loving heart
had word of praise for Danny Wilcox's
noble achievement
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20

HENDERSON, KY, Aug. l2-Wm. Long,
while hunting near Marion, climbed over
a fence. One of the rails turned throwing
him to the ground. In his fall he struck
the hammer of his gun in some manner
discharging the load, which entered his
abdomen and set his clothing on fire. Two
men who were near him at the
time of the accident extinguiscd the fire.
Long realized that he was fatally wound.
ed and requested them to go for his wife
and child, but he died before they reached
him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-20
The Bell County Troubles.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 1.-THE troubles in
Bell County are probably at an end, as
Jack Turner, the head of the Turner fac
tion, has surrendered himself to the jailer
of Bell County. He surrendered on last
Monday, and on the following Wednesday,
a man, whose name we could not learn,
charged with being an accomplice of the
Turner's, surrendered himself to the
authorities 1t is reported that the
others of the band have disbanded and
left the State When Jack Turner sur
rendered he confessed to killing George
Thomas, but made no excuse for the
crime. This statement is not credited,
and it is believed he has confessed the
crime in order to screen the guilty party
and give him time to make his escape,
and that he (Turner) will prove himself
innocent on the day of his trial.